Characterization of peripheral immune cell subsets in patients with acute and chronic cerebrovascular disease: A case-control study

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 25433-25449

  Kraft, Peter ^a   Drechsler, Christiane ^a   Schuhmann, Michael K ^a   Gunreben, Ignaz ^a   Kleinschnitz, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Chronic cerebrovascular disease; Immune cells; Ischemic stroke; Leukocytes; Lymphocytes; Monocytes; Regulatory T cells; Thromboinflammation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE;

EID: 84945250433     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms161025433     Document Type: Article

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